Air India said on Friday (July 04, 2025) that it has given compensation to the families of about two-thirds of the victims killed in Ahmedabad on June 12. The Air India Dreamliner aircraft going from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed shortly after flying on June 12, causing people on the ground along with the people on the ground and 260 people died.
Two-third families have received compensation
Campbell Wilson, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air India, informed the airline employees in an internal post, ‘Our team is helping to provide interim compensation to the families. The victim’s family is being directly assisted by the representative of Air India, out of which about two-thirds of the families have already received payment or their payment is in the final stages.
The company will help people by moving forward
The Tata Group owned airline said that Tata is in the process of setting up systems to assist families and survivors. In an internal post written to the airline employees, Wilson also said that the airline will continue to invest in the aircraft, products, services, systems, abilities and exorcience to the people.
The accident was one of the worst air accidents in India, including Air India flight numbers AI 171, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. Out of 242 people aboard the aircraft, 241 died, while a total of 260 people, including the injured, died on the ground. Soon after the accident, AI’s original company Tata Sons announced that it would pay Rs 1 crore to the families of every person killed in the accident.
Promised for compensation of 25 lakhs
AI on 14 June, AI announced that it would provide an interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the families of every deceased and surviving person in the Ahmedabad plane crash to help in meeting immediate financial requirements.
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